Alien world

Chapter 971 202. Trial
The guards who were still resisting were thrown into chaos, and Francois took the opportunity to shout: "Your prince has escaped, surrender and you will not be killed!"

Even if they were loyal enough and came from a family of knights or mages, they were still bewildered by this scene and watched the mages chase them out of Xinger City.

The kingdom's soldiers, who could have caused some trouble to Xing'er City, completely lost their will because of the general's escape.

Francois lowered his head and said to the knights gathered at the city wall with complicated expressions: "Surrender, your enemies should be ratmen and demons."

"The prince is a coward, but we will never betray the kingdom!" a knight shouted.

Francois ignored the knight and threw down a document.

"This is the next target that the MacKenn Ratmen will attack. Let me see whether you are loyal to the royal family or to this country."

Jones took the document picked up by his subordinates, flipped through a few pages, and as if he had made up his mind, he turned around and left with everyone.

Three days later, news came from the border of the kingdom that the Green Radish Knights had perished together with a group of elite ratmen who were invading an important town on the border of the kingdom.

Francois stayed in the big house for a long time with the battle report in his hand. It was good news that made him come out: the escaped prince was caught.

He came to the dungeon of Xing'er City. According to seniority, the prince, who should be the uncle of the young king, was sitting in the cell. He was covered in dust after several days of escape and looked a little disheveled.

At this moment, he was looking at Francois who was standing outside: "Citizens of Liberty City, I demand noble treatment!"

"Nobles?" Francois shook his head. "There are no nobles in the dungeons of Liberty City, only prisoners."

The prince's face became even uglier, thinking of the rebellious past of Liberty City, but the arrogance given to him by his position made it difficult for him to bow his head: "Give me paper and pen, I will write a letter to the new king and ask them to pay the ransom."

Francois was somewhat tempted, but still shook his head. He thought Annan would support him.

"What do you want?"

"If you make a mistake, you have to be punished. It's that simple."

Regardless of the prince's gloomy expression, Francois went back to where the guards prisoners were being held.

During these three days, they were indoctrinated with a lot of truth about Free City and the Kingdom of Rekanel, as well as magical image sessions every night.

Under normal circumstances, they would just sneer, but in the dark dungeon, what they see and hear would turn into their thoughts in the darkness.

So when Francois asked, "Is such a kingdom really worthy of your loyalty?" the captives seemed silent.

"I will let you go back." Francois's shocking words made them look up.

"But let me remind you that according to the style of that mad king, if you return after a defeat, you will only be imprisoned in the dungeon of the new capital and be treated even more cruelly..."

"And if you are willing to stay, Liberty City will take your family back."

"Really?"

Someone spoke in the darkness.

"Liberty City never lies."

One third of the 500 guards died on the battlefield, and one third of those imprisoned in the dungeon wanted to go back.

The remaining two hundred people were willing to join Liberty City.

Francois sent some undercover agents back to bring back the soldiers' families, and at the same time sent them to collect evidence of the prince's crimes.

No noble has a clean butt, this is an iron rule - even Annan, who is loved by everyone, has some scandals with women.

As the prince of the Kingdom of Rekanel and the uncle of the king, the prince had committed many crimes, if not all of them. Even if some of the lesser crimes, such as "using power to rob shops" and "beating passers-by in the street", were excluded, there was still a whole sheet of parchment.

It's more than enough...

…Early in the morning of a new day, the jailer came to the prince’s cell and opened the door.

Because he had not taken a bath for several days and had defecated in the cell, the prince was dirty and smelly, and his neatly combed hair became messy.

"Where are you taking me?!" The prince suddenly felt uneasy.

"Where you're supposed to be."

The jailers are the "old men" of the Free Blade and the Salty Fish Gang, and are the group of people who hate the nobles the most.

The prince finally could no longer maintain his composure. As soon as his legs went weak, the jailer grabbed his arms and dragged him out of the dungeon.

In the square in front of the city lord's palace, a gallows that had been under construction since yesterday has been completed.

The people of Xing'er City stood quietly on the street, watching a disheveled, bloated figure being dragged by the jailer and placed in front of the gallows.

Francois appeared and looked at the prince who was pursing his lips: "Omo Montreal, Prince of the Kingdom of Recanal. Your bad reputation has spread from the old capital to the new capital."

"Do not……"

"In the year 996 of the Saint Laurent calendar, your people discovered a gold mine in Brusay Town. In order to avoid the high cost of relocation and hiding the news, you ordered your men to lead a group of orcs to Brusay Town and let them slaughter all the people in the town. Then you led the guards to eliminate the orcs and build a mine."

"In the year 993 of the Saint Laurent calendar, you fell in love with the noblewoman Melissa at a dance party, forcibly possessed her, and beat her fiancé to death."

"In the year 990 of the Saint Laurent calendar..."

Francois coldly recited the prince's crimes one by one. The prince, who wanted to struggle at first, gradually lowered his head to avoid the arrow-like gazes of the people in the square.

"...Now, on behalf of the Champion Warlock, the King of the North, the Lord of Free City, Annan Levis, I pronounce the verdict: You are guilty."

"Do not……"

The noose was put around the prince's neck. He wanted to say something but couldn't. He just kept looking at Francois with pleading eyes.

Francois raised his head and looked at the falling snowflakes.

The first snow in Xinger City arrived unexpectedly.

……

The prince's death caused an uproar.

This is the highest-ranking person to die since the war between Liberty City and the Kingdom began.

The Kingdom of Rekanel instigated public opinion and criticized Liberty City for its brutal killing of nobles.

Then Liberty City revealed the details: they sent the intelligence to the new capital, but there was no response. Except for the Green Ivy Knights who chose to sacrifice themselves for the people of the kingdom and protect the town, all other towns were destroyed in the invasion of the ratmen.

On the other hand, Annan has been hanging out with Maria and Gail.

No matter what outsiders think, Annan did find out a lot of secrets.

During this period, Maria also met the centurion. When the two enemies met, they were extremely jealous of each other.

The Centurion wants to capture Maria and make her into a specimen for the new scavengers to observe, but Maria wants to send the Centurion to the Bottom Nest to ask for credit.

"Well, Maria hasn't done anything bad." Annan tried to smooth things over.

The centurion squinted his eyes and said sarcastically, "Is your head controlled by your butt? When she was the countess, she killed many people..."

"It must be their fault!"

(End of this chapter)